had a pinto car and totally rewired it to a twincam
no wires were cut at all
i put the twincam loom in exactly as it came out of the donor car
i didnt connect the wires up in through the roof cloth and the wires to the fuel pump because i have a direct fuel pump

ive a sister car beside her thats running 100 percent
ive swapped the crankshaft sensor
coil
ingnition module
alarm box under dash
brain and all earths are 100 percent

ive had this problem with this engine in another car before what could this possibly be? could it be the actual crankshaft?

any suggests please

or is there any reason the wires to the roof pillars would cause the lack of spark?

 

bump please help

 

would the actual engine wiring loom stop the spark?

 

found a black wire laying loose
its just below the battery tray
in the haynes manual it shows 2 black points on the ecu number 37 and 57
37 goes to central locking tailgate and 57 goes to a joint and turns to red then leads on to an engine managment relay could this be my problem?

il upload pic here because i know its nicer to look at pretty pictures lol

 

 

ok what you see here is my white cozzy rep originally a pinto
you can see a red hatchback which i bought from a man who wrecked it it wasnt going but he imagined the engine was blew up but now i have it out it seems free enough to turn and good compression

another picture shows the twincam loom complete uncut spread across the yard

 

 

here you see the loom fitted into the cozzy rep and a twincam engine in this engine i one i had and is a good engine
and the hatchback completely stripped ready for scrap no wires left in the shell at all

 

 

twincam loom is in the car completely as it should be
car doesnt look good atm cozzy bumper is sitting off to one side and i sold my escort cozzy wheels but i am on the look out for a better set

 

in this picture you can see the picture i am talking about underneath the battery tray the loom comes out from the inside if you look closely you can see the wire laying loose towards the exhaust manifold
its a very thin wire could this be my problem? any help much appreciated

 

does it crank?

and you don't get a spark?

the cps can be faulty as it'uses the crank toothed wheel to work out where it is so it ocul be that the sparks are being fired wrongtime

but then it oculd be that you've wired the coil worng too

 

i have to bridge the starter to turn the car over the starter doesnt come in on the key

what about the little black wire?
i changed the crankshaft sensor over with the sister car and it works fine

i am getting no spark at all mate i removed the coil lead from the distributer and held it a few mil off the head but with no joy absolutly no spark
thanks for your input

 

If it won't crank off the key and there's no spark either, it could be the start inhibit relay, big red one on the left row in the fusebox at the front if you are looking from the front of the car. I had this problem on mine about 3 months ago. The relay was fubar'd. Don't be fooled by the Haynes wiring diagrams, they say the relay is only fitted on auto cars but it's on all of them.

 

i will try it asap thank you mate

 

ssssooooooo happy

it was that little black wire
i searched everywhere to find where it went but couldnt see
then i stripped down the other car and hey there it was

it goes up towards the battery and slides into a clear sleeve with another wire then continues up as 1 wire up to the plug behind the battery